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Okay, admit it. Who here pays to see bad movies either at the theatre or from a movie rental place for the express purpose of making fun of them with your friends? Who here buys movies they know are total trash because they know it will make them laugh?

I will admit to all of these things freely. My friends and I will occasionally go out to Blockbuster for the express purpose of seeking out and renting the worst movie we can possibly find just to make fun of it. It's not that hard. The clerks sometimes even help us. One clerk suggested that the seventh sequel of anything is always a winner. And we've almost been kicked out of theatres a few times for being so obnoxious. (Though seriously, who on earth goes to see Megido thinking they're going to see a good movie?) And yes, I admit, I've knowingly bought movies I know are terrible, like the Robert Englund version of Phantom Of The Opera. (Which, I believe, contains the first onscreen performance of one Molly Shannon, yes that's right, THAT Molly Shannon.) So who else does this? Anyone? Hello?

Okay, admit it. Who here pays to see bad movies either at the theatre or from a movie rental place for the express purpose of making fun of them with your friends? Who here buys movies they know are total trash because they know it will make them laugh?

I will admit to all of these things freely. My friends and I will occasionally go out to Blockbuster for the express purpose of seeking out and renting the worst movie we can possibly find just to make fun of it. It's not that hard. The clerks sometimes even help us. One clerk suggested that the seventh sequel of anything is always a winner. And we've almost been kicked out of theatres a few times for being so obnoxious. (Though seriously, who on earth goes to see Megido thinking they're going to see a good movie?) And yes, I admit, I've knowingly bought movies I know are terrible, like the Robert Englund version of Phantom Of The Opera. (Which, I believe, contains the first onscreen performance of one Molly Shannon, yes that's right, THAT Molly Shannon.) So who else does this? Anyone? Hello? (Crickets chirping.)

I do it all the time at home, natch. And I guess it's okay at college theater showing something like "Plan 9." But it is not okay at a public commercial theater, no matter what's playing, IMO.

Philosophy majors don't exist, they're just a myth like big foot or the loch ness monster.

Actually, I'm an anime fan, and I recently had a discussion with some friends this weekend about how a group of anime fans will either watch a show in complete and utter silence, OR heckle the living shit out of it. There is no in-between.

An interesting one that came up was this show called Princess Princess. The basic premise is an all boys school in Japan. In order to compensate for the lack of females, they take several of the school's boys and dress them up in Japanese fetish outfits. Just what any hetereosexual men would do in that situation, right? So that was interesting night of gay and prison sex jokes abound.

Hey, my HS debate coach was a philosophy major! I met a couple philosophy majors when I was in debate, and they actually WEREN'T assholes (although they're probably the exception rather than the rule). Out of all the knowledge of Plato, Socrates, Kant, Nietzsche, John Stewart Mills, and every other important philosopher throughout human history, the most common piece of advice I've heard from these philosophy majors is this:

I said "hey Mikey" at the screen whenever Samwise was in danger in all 3 LorR movie and everyone in the cinema was yelling out jokes during Snakes on a Plane. I also have a habit of laughing at death scenes during the sorts of movies that frown on that sort of thing.

My most audible 'heckle' was more a loud expletive when I walked out of the cinema during Forrest Gump after being dragged there by my family.

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"A thing I like that there was no chance would ever continue until recently is now continuing but it doesn't meet my exact personal specifications so fuck this"

Please for the love of God heckle in the privacy of your own home. Despite what you and your friends might think your public comments are obnoxious. In Hell they play Robin Williams movies on a loop, you will have all the time in the world to heckle

The only public heckling of a movie I've attended was for Batman Forever. The auditorium was completely packed and it was the scene where Val Kilmer is dressing as Batman for the first time. There's a close-up shot of the Bat-suit's erect nipples, to which a buddy of mine screams as loud as he could: "Hey! Batman's horny!"